Basketball Quotes · Page 7

Look after your people.

— Red Auerbach

I'm not going to disappear.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball is my escape.

— John Wall

Basketball is sharing.

— Phil Jackson

I live for basketball.

— Danilo Gallinari

Love me some basketball.

— Michelle Beadle

Boards, boards, boards.

— Knute Rockne

I always wanted to teach.

— Mike Krzyzewski

He could be dominant - if he played in the WNBA.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I enjoy watching basketball, yeah.

— Mark Lanegan

I never thought I'd play basketball in China.

— Jimmer Fredette

I want to take basketball as far as I can.

— Pat Connaughton

Basketball is everything, but I love fashion, too!

— Willie Cauley-Stein

I think we're going in the right direction.

— Jason Kidd

Manute Bol taught my family the game of basketball.

— Luol Deng

Basketball has a culture to it, it has a swagger to it.

— Fabolous

The Spurs couldn't put everything aside and just play the damn game.

— Dennis Rodman

My son goes around shooting the basketball saying, 'Isaiah Thomas!'

— Gerald Green

Originally, I think basketball is closer to hockey than baseball.

— Daryl Morey

Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.

— Don Meyer

One thing about being a great ball handler is not looking at the basketball.

— Kenny Smith

(The Hack-A-Shaq is) just a way of telling me that you can't stop me. Thank you. I appreciate it.

— Shaquille O'Neal

When I'm away from basketball, I hang out with my friends, chill, and that's about it.

— Kawhi Leonard

I want to be the best in life. In all parts in life, not just basketball.

— Devin Booker

It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you…

— Rafael Nadal

Basketball is basketball. I don't think people realize that. No matter what city, overseas, D-league, park league - I just want to…

— Gilbert Arenas

I never thought I'd be an elite college basketball player, let alone an All-Star, Olympian. That confidence faded over time, and when…

— Tyrese Haliburton

I collect different game hats, like Syracuse Women's Volleyball; I have a Navy Basketball hat. They're all vintage but in new condition.

— Theophilus London

I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.'…

— Charles Barkley

Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals

— Jack Ramsay

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just…

— Billy Corgan

As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone…

— Herb Kohl

Music is just sound - what's more important to me is behavior. I'm watching these play-offs - basketball - it's interesting to…

— Wayne Shorter

I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, I had control of the…

— Larry Bird

I would love to have a conversation with you when we're working, and if I'm at a basketball game, I'll probably talk…

— Emily Rios

[At nine years old] I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm…

— Elana Meyers

I'm a big golfer, so in the offseason, that's all I do - golf and play basketball. But during the season, I…

— Mike Conley Jr

I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the game…

— Rick Pitino

Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous…

— Woody Allen

My connections and roots to this land of Australia - the sea, the reefs, the sky, the stars - come from a…

— Patty Mills